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IfyoutooktheNovember 2008 SATReasoningTest, youwouldhavebeengivenoneoftheessaypromptsbelow:
Prompt 1
Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandtheassignmentbelow.
Ifanoldtraditionisstillaroundtoday, wecanassumethatitdeservestoremaininexistence. Well-establishedcustoms, stylesthatarestillpopular, andideasthatpeoplestillfindsensiblesurvivebecausethesetraditionsarestrongenoughtosurvive. Continuityguaranteesquality. Old-fashionedhospitality, old-fashionedpoliteness, old-fashionedhonorinbusinessallthesetraditionshavequalitiesofsurvival. Fortunately, thesewillalwaysbewithus.
AdaptedfromJacobBraude, JacobBraudesSecondEncyclopediaofStories, Quotations, andAnecdotes
Assignment:
Doallestablishedtraditionsdeservetoremaininexistence? Planandwriteanessayinwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue. Supportyourpositionwithreasoningandexamplestakenfromyourreading, studies, experience, orobservations.
Prompt 2
Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandtheassignmentbelow.
Wecannotappreciatewhatwehaveforitsownmerit. Weseeourselvesasfortunateonlywhenwehaveasmuchas, ormorethan, otherpeople. Thus, ourjudgmentofwhatrepresentsanappropriatelimitonanythingonwealthorstatusorpossessionsisneverarrivedatindependently. Instead, wecompareourselvestootherpeople, alwayswonderingifwhatwehaveisenough.